Main sociodemographic characteristics of PVS positive and negative participants
| Variables | PVS positive (n = 183) | PVS negative (n = 1419) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||||
| Mean (SD) ages were: male 36.5 (15.5) years; female, 40.0 (19.9)) years. *Border, countries bordering Switzerland; †non-border, countries not bordering Switzerland. | ||||||||||||||||
| Sex | 96 | 52.5 | 87 | 47.5 | 699 | 49.3 | 720 | 50.7 | ||||||||
| Age category (years) | ||||||||||||||||
| 16–34 | 46 | 47.9 | 45 | 51.7 | 189 | 27.0 | 184 | 25.6 | ||||||||
| 35–54 | 33 | 34.4 | 23 | 26.4 | 213 | 30.5 | 160 | 22.2 | ||||||||
| ⩾55 | 17 | 17.7 | 19 | 21.8 | 297 | 42.5 | 376 | 52.2 | ||||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||||||||
| Single | 51 | 53.7 | 40 | 46.5 | 211 | 30.3 | 183 | 25.6 | ||||||||
| Divorced | 11 | 11.6 | 7 | 8.1 | 67 | 9.6 | 93 | 13.0 | ||||||||
| Married | 28 | 29.5 | 25 | 29.1 | 365 | 52.4 | 260 | 36.4 | ||||||||
| Separated | 5 | 5.3 | 6 | 7.0 | 17 | 2.4 | 14 | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Widowed | – | – | 8 | 9.3 | 36 | 5.2 | 165 | 23.1 | ||||||||
| Nationality | ||||||||||||||||
| Swiss | 57 | 59.4 | 43 | 49.4 | 420 | 60.1 | 459 | 63.8 | ||||||||
| Border* | 14 | 14.6 | 11 | 12.6 | 98 | 14.0 | 98 | 13.6 | ||||||||
| Non-border† | 23 | 24.0 | 30 | 34.5 | 168 | 24.0 | 140 | 19.4 | ||||||||
| Unknown | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 13 | 1.9 | 23 | 3.2 | ||||||||
| Admitting unit | ||||||||||||||||
| Medical ED | 26 | 27.1 | 30 | 34.5 | 303 | 43.3 | 356 | 49.4 | ||||||||
| Surgical ED | 70 | 72.9 | 57 | 65.5 | 396 | 56.7 | 364 | 50.6 | ||||||||
| Days of admission | ||||||||||||||||
| Monday–Thursday | 46 | 47.9 | 44 | 50.6 | 387 | 55.4 | 408 | 56.7 | ||||||||
| Friday–Sunday | 50 | 52.1 | 43 | 49.4 | 312 | 44.6 | 312 | 43.3 | ||||||||
| Hour of admission | ||||||||||||||||
| 0800 to 1600 | 4 | 42.7 | 31 | 35.6 | 363 | 51.9 | 366 | 50.8 | ||||||||
| 1600 to 2400 | 30 | 31.3 | 32 | 36.8 | 245 | 35.1 | 257 | 35.7 | ||||||||
| 2400 to 0800 | 25 | 26.0 | 24 | 27.6 | 91 | 13.0 | 97 | 13.5 | ||||||||